Best Cities in South Carolina for Schools

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Rank (of 231)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Sullivans Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.98	1
2^nd	Tega Cay	2	1	0	0	0	0.972	2
3^rd	Mount Pleasant	9	3	5	0	11	0.956	8	5
4^th	Clemson	1	0	0	0	1	0.948	3	1
5^th	Hodges	1	0	0	0	0	0.939	19	14
6^th	Indian Land	2	2	0	0	0	0.915	4	2
7^th	Fort Mill	9	5	3	0	3	0.903	5	2
8^th	Mauldin	0	0	1	0	3	0.898	6	2
9^th	Donalds	1	0	0	0	0	0.893	9
10^th	Murrells Inlet	1	0	1	0	1	0.89	10
11^th	Due West	0	0	1	0	1	0.885	7	4
12^th	Starr	1	1	0	0	0	0.864	29	17
13^th	Mayo	1	0	0	0	0	0.864	22	9
14^th	Pendleton	3	1	0	0	0	0.854	14
15^th	Reidville	1	0	0	0	0	0.85	18	3
16^th	Taylors	6	1	2	0	3	0.84	16
17^th	Clover	7	2	1	0	1	0.84	17
18^th	Aynor	1	0	1	0	0	0.839	26	8
19^th	Iva	1	0	1	0	0	0.836	30	11
20^th	Townville	1	0	0	0	0	0.832	12	8
21^st	New Zion	3	0	0	0	0	0.831	11	10
22^nd	Simpsonville	10	4	4	0	7	0.81	21	1
23^rd	Galivants Ferry	1	1	0	0	1	0.803	23
24^th	Belvedere	1	0	0	0	0	0.801	47	23
25^th	Ninety Six	2	1	1	0	0	0.792	25
26^th	Belton	4	1	0	0	0	0.788	20	6
27^th	Central	1	1	1	0	0	0.783	34	7
28^th	North Myrtle Beach	1	0	0	0	2	0.782	15	13
29^th	Greer	5	3	4	0	3	0.78	36	7
30^th	Chesnee	3	2	1	0	1	0.78	27	3
31^st	Little River	2	1	1	0	0	0.77	41	10
32^nd	Honea Path	1	1	1	0	0	0.77	32
33^rd	Wando	1	1	0	0	0	0.766	52	19
34^th	Pelzer	3	0	0	0	0	0.762	44	10
35^th	Pomaria	1	0	0	0	0	0.759	28	7
36^th	Travelers Rest	2	1	1	0	0	0.757	45	9
37^th	Myrtle Beach	14	7	9	0	7	0.756	35	2
38^th	Williamston	2	1	2	0	0	0.754	31	7
39^th	Chapin	3	2	4	0	3	0.748	40	1
40^th	Branchville	2	0	2	0	0	0.747	73	33
41^st	Fountain Inn	1	0	0	0	1	0.746	24	17
42^nd	Bluffton	6	2	2	0	3	0.736	38	4
43^rd	Lexington	12	5	4	1	6	0.736	46	3
44^th	Six Mile	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	61	17
45^th	Pawleys Island	2	2	1	0	4	0.727	33	12
46^th	Boiling Springs	4	0	1	0	0	0.714	42	4
47^th	Charleston	22	4	6	1	24	0.705	57	10
48^th	Pickens	3	2	1	0	2	0.703	58	10
49^th	West Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.699	39	10
50^th	Little Mountain	1	0	0	0	0	0.697	68	18
51^st	Piedmont	4	2	2	0	0	0.696	53	2
52^nd	Pauline	1	0	0	0	0	0.694	13	39
53^rd	Green Sea	1	0	1	0	0	0.686	76	23
54^th	Woodruff	2	1	1	0	0	0.684	49	5
55^th	Conway	7	3	5	0	1	0.682	63	8
56^th	Campobello	2	0	1	0	0	0.675	37	19
57^th	Whitmire	1	0	1	0	0	0.666	54	3
58^th	Inman	3	3	2	0	0	0.666	55	3
59^th	Gloverville	1	0	0	0	0	0.665	59
60^th	Irmo	7	1	1	0	2	0.662	60
61^st	Landrum	1	1	0	0	2	0.655	67	6
62^nd	Tamassee	1	0	0	0	0	0.65	48	14
63^rd	Duncan	2	3	1	0	0	0.639	71	8
64^th	Pacolet	1	0	0	0	0	0.638	81	17
65^th	Prosperity	1	1	1	0	0	0.633	56	9
66^th	Summerville	17	6	3	1	9	0.628	64	2
67^th	Cowpens	1	0	0	0	1	0.608	89	22
68^th	Waterloo	1	0	0	0	0	0.603	108	40
69^th	Brunson	2	0	0	0	0	0.602	65	4
70^th	Moore	2	1	1	0	0	0.602	62	8
71^st	Lyman	1	1	0	0	0	0.601	70	1
72^nd	North Augusta	4	4	2	0	5	0.599	74	2
73^rd	Blythewood	6	2	2	0	0	0.596	51	22
74^th	Lugoff	3	1	1	0	0	0.59	50	24
75^th	Abbeville	3	1	2	0	2	0.584	66	9
76^th	Marietta	1	0	0	0	0	0.583	43	33
77^th	Walhalla	1	1	1	0	2	0.581	72	5
78^th	Seneca	4	1	1	0	2	0.58	83	5
79^th	Greenville	28	12	15	4	36	0.573	75	4
80^th	Latta	1	1	1	0	0	0.569	88	8
81^st	Richburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.562	82	1
82^nd	Rock Hill	15	5	5	2	10	0.555	85	3
83^rd	Anderson	12	4	6	0	9	0.555	77	6
84^th	Hilton Head Island	3	1	1	0	5	0.553	86	2
85^th	Elgin	5	1	0	0	1	0.551	78	7
86^th	Clinton	3	1	1	1	0	0.551	92	6
87^th	Easley	9	2	1	0	1	0.547	79	8
88^th	Greenwood	8	3	3	0	3	0.545	114	26
89^th	Effingham	2	0	0	0	1	0.538	133	44
90^th	Westminster	3	2	2	0	3	0.533	90
91^st	Turbeville	0	0	4	0	0	0.53	80	11
92^nd	Mc Clellanville	2	0	0	0	0	0.529	120	28
93^rd	Hanahan	2	1	1	0	1	0.527	69	24
94^th	Florence	11	4	4	1	9	0.527	103	9
95^th	Kershaw	2	2	2	0	0	0.52	101	6
96^th	Joanna	1	0	0	0	0	0.517	124	28
97^th	Beaufort	8	2	3	2	4	0.516	100	3
98^th	Calhoun Falls	1	0	1	1	0	0.497	105	7
99^th	Spartanburg	19	4	5	2	12	0.489	104	5
100^th	West Columbia	7	4	4	1	6	0.489	98	2
101^st	Aiken	9	4	4	2	8	0.486	94	7
102^nd	Hampton	2	2	0	0	0	0.483	115	13
103^rd	Gilbert	2	1	1	0	0	0.474	109	6
104^th	Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	0.462	99	5
105^th	Johns Island	2	1	1	0	3	0.457	95	10
106^th	Johnsonville	1	1	1	0	0	0.456	111	5
107^th	Hartsville	6	1	2	0	5	0.454	112	5
108^th	Patrick	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	129	21
109^th	Mc Bee	1	0	1	0	0	0.442	96	13
110^th	Ware Shoals	1	1	1	0	0	0.441	113	3
111^th	New Ellenton	1	1	0	0	0	0.441	84	27
112^th	Wellford	1	0	0	0	0	0.44	139	27
113^th	Goose Creek	10	3	2	0	3	0.438	110	3
114^th	Liberty	2	1	2	0	0	0.438	91	23
115^th	Lamar	1	1	1	0	1	0.438	97	18
116^th	Chesterfield	1	1	1	0	0	0.436	125	9
117^th	Roebuck	1	1	1	0	0	0.435	106	11
118^th	Ridgeway	1	0	0	0	1	0.434	87	31
119^th	Great Falls	1	0	1	0	0	0.425	128	9
120^th	Loris	2	1	1	0	1	0.416	126	6
121^st	Saint George	1	1	0	0	1	0.409	118	3
122^nd	Bamberg	2	2	2	0	0	0.404	107	15
123^rd	Lancaster	9	3	4	0	2	0.4	123
124^th	Williston	2	2	2	0	1	0.39	149	25
125^th	Darlington	4	1	3	0	2	0.39	122	3
126^th	Jackson	0	1	0	0	0	0.382	134	8
127^th	Winnsboro	4	1	2	1	1	0.38	116	11
128^th	Camden	4	1	2	0	4	0.38	121	7
129^th	York	4	2	2	0	1	0.377	117	12
130^th	Blacksburg	2	1	1	0	0	0.375	151	21
131^st	Pamplico	1	0	1	0	1	0.374	102	29
132^nd	Ruby	1	0	0	0	0	0.373	161	29
133^rd	North	2	0	2	0	0	0.373	179	46
134^th	Kingstree	3	1	1	1	4	0.371	181	47
135^th	Edgefield	1	0	0	0	0	0.37	170	35
136^th	Eastover	1	0	0	0	0	0.362	186	50
137^th	Clearwater	1	0	0	0	0	0.361	136	1
138^th	Moncks Corner	5	2	2	0	2	0.352	142	4
139^th	Ladson	4	3	0	0	0	0.346	141	2
140^th	Columbia	43	12	21	6	31	0.338	138	2
141^st	Hickory Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.335	183	42
142^nd	Warrenville	2	1	1	0	0	0.334	130	12
143^rd	Varnville	2	2	2	0	0	0.332	158	15
144^th	Hemingway	2	2	3	0	1	0.332	169	25
145^th	Batesburg-Leesville	2	1	1	0	0	0.332	137	8
146^th	Graniteville	2	1	1	0	1	0.33	135	11
147^th	North Charleston	16	5	11	0	9	0.326	140	7
148^th	Hardeeville	1	0	1	2	0	0.321	144	4
149^th	Estill	2	2	1	0	1	0.319	154	5
150^th	Gaffney	9	2	2	0	1	0.315	145	5
151^st	Swansea	4	0	1	0	0	0.314	173	22
152^nd	Coward	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	131	21
153^rd	Barnwell	1	2	1	0	0	0.296	132	21
154^th	Union	2	1	2	0	1	0.292	156	2
155^th	Manning	4	4	4	0	1	0.289	165	10
156^th	Cross	1	0	1	0	0	0.288	175	19
157^th	Chester	4	1	2	0	1	0.286	153	4
158^th	Dalzell	0	1	0	0	0	0.283	143	15
159^th	Saluda	3	1	1	0	0	0.277	127	32
160^th	Lake City	2	1	2	0	1	0.275	196	36
161^st	Saint Matthews	1	0	1	0	1	0.273	163	2
162^nd	Heath Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.268	160	2
163^rd	Wallace	1	0	0	0	1	0.268	148	15
164^th	Port Royal	1	0	0	0	0	0.266	93	71
165^th	Gray Court	2	0	0	0	0	0.266	146	19
166^th	Seabrook	1	1	1	0	1	0.263	182	16
167^th	Mayesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.259	168	1
168^th	Cassatt	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	198	30
169^th	Jonesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.257	150	19
170^th	Lake View	1	0	1	0	0	0.25	147	23
171^st	Olanta	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	188	17
172^nd	Pelion	2	1	1	0	0	0.24	191	19
173^rd	Eutawville	2	0	0	0	0	0.24	215	42
174^th	Ridgeville	1	0	1	0	0	0.235	197	23
175^th	Hopkins	2	2	1	0	0	0.233	194	19
176^th	Summerton	5	3	3	0	2	0.23	172	4
177^th	Georgetown	6	1	1	0	3	0.224	177
178^th	Shaw A F B	2	0	0	0	0	0.221	152	26
179^th	Saint Stephen	1	1	1	0	1	0.216	166	13
180^th	Greeleyville	2	1	0	0	0	0.213	201	21
181^st	Johnston	1	1	2	0	1	0.208	187	6
182^nd	Mc Coll	1	0	0	0	0	0.205	164	18
183^rd	Orangeburg	15	4	8	0	7	0.201	176	7
184^th	Wagener	1	1	1	0	0	0.195	178	6
185^th	Fairfax	2	1	2	0	0	0.193	200	15
186^th	Cheraw	2	1	1	0	3	0.192	162	24
187^th	Sumter	12	5	4	0	9	0.191	184	3
188^th	Jefferson	1	1	0	0	1	0.187	208	20
189^th	Newberry	4	1	2	0	1	0.186	174	15
190^th	Laurens	3	2	1	0	0	0.184	185	5
191^st	Monetta	0	0	1	0	0	0.182	199	8
192^nd	N Charleston	1	0	2	0	0	0.179	205	13
193^rd	Elloree	2	0	0	0	0	0.169	217	24
194^th	Andrews	1	1	1	0	1	0.166	204	10
195^th	Denmark	2	2	2	0	0	0.164	232	37
196^th	Ridge Spring	1	0	0	0	0	0.163	167	29
197^th	Cayce	1	1	2	0	0	0.16	180	17
198^th	Mc Cormick	1	1	2	0	0	0.155	223	25
199^th	Blackville	2	0	3	0	3	0.154	155	44
200^th	Holly Hill	2	2	0	0	1	0.148	211	11
201^st	Dorchester	1	1	2	0	0	0.141	214	13
202^nd	Dillon	3	1	2	0	1	0.141	207	5
203^rd	Yonges Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.139	193	10
204^th	Pageland	2	0	1	0	2	0.135	192	12
205^th	Gaston	0	2	0	0	1	0.132	189	16
206^th	Timmonsville	2	0	0	0	0	0.129	220	14
207^th	Pinewood	1	0	0	0	0	0.127	159	48
208^th	Saint Helena Island	1	0	0	0	0	0.121	203	5
209^th	Cordova	2	1	2	0	0	0.119	119	90
210^th	Clio	1	0	0	0	0	0.113	206	4
211^th	Buffalo	1	0	0	0	0	0.103	190	21
212^th	Gadsden	1	0	0	0	0	0.097	210	2
213^th	Hollywood	0	0	1	0	0	0.096	229	16
214^th	Ruffin	1	0	0	0	0	0.094	221	7
215^th	Santee	0	0	4	0	0	0.094	231	16
216^th	Walterboro	4	1	2	0	2	0.092	212	4
217^th	Huger	1	0	0	0	1	0.089	225	8
218^th	Neeses	2	0	2	0	0	0.088	202	16
219^th	Ridgeland	2	0	3	1	5	0.084	218	1
220^th	Marion	3	1	1	0	1	0.066	226	6
221^st	Bishopville	1	1	2	1	1	0.06	230	9
222^nd	Cope	0	1	1	0	0	0.055	195	27
223^rd	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.055	213	10
224^th	Bennettsville	2	0	1	0	2	0.048	219	5
225^th	Blenheim	0	1	0	0	0	0.046	222	3
226^th	Mullins	2	1	2	0	2	0.044	227	1
227^th	Trenton	2	0	1	0	0	0.042	224	3
228^th	Rembert	2	0	1	0	1	0.041	171	57
229^th	Rowesville	2	0	2	0	0	0.04	209	20
230^th	Vance	2	0	0	0	0	0.034	228	2
231^st	Ravenel	1	0	0	0	0	0.019	216	15

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the South Carolina Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the South Carolina Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
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